The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-14
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS,

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sionists from Benson and Appleton,
Minn., were escorted about the city
in carriages until their departure.
The Dayton tract, adjoining Aber-
deem, recently declared vacant by
Washington officials, is causing great
excitement. Parties have been rush
ing around selecting small tracts OF q
tn1S acres each, which they expect to
acquire when the land oecomes Guy
property.
John Price stood on the sidewalk
NJ the main street at Huron, took
ont O. knife and cut his throat. The
cash was q severe one, but a physician
saved his life.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to kill Supt. Greene, OF the Missouri
division, Northern Pacific railway, at
Bismarck. A man named Kelly had
been working for the road as brake
man and claimed 70 cents more than
had been paid. He pulled a Winches-
ter, fired and just missed Greene's
head.
Judge Spencer has leased a house at
Huron and will begin housekeeping in
it when his family returns from New
York. This settles a question that
has agi. / the property owners OF
Huron, " dtertown and Aberdeen for
several months.
Two young men, Thomas and Ed
ward Moran, brothers, arrived IN
Chicago and registered at the Adams
house, near the Illinois Central depot.
In the morning they were both found
dead in bed, suffocated by gas. The
two young men were aged twenty
eight and twenty-six years, respective
ly. They came from Ardake, Oak.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Dew
lis Lake. w. F. Robertson OF Bottineau
accused r. F. Woods, lately of the
same place, otbeing onintimate terms
with his sister and requested him to
marry her. Woods denied the accusa-
ton and refused. Robertson shot at
him, None Of the bullets taking effect,
he commenced belaboring him with
the butt of his revolver. Robertson
was arrested.
The Breslau Dramatic company,
which played to big houses at Mitchell,
disbanded because of the non-pay-
ment of salaries by the manager. The
company was billed for Canton.
At Fargo, w. L. Smith a book
agent tried to commit suicide at the
Washington house. He paid q man
25 cents to hang him. They went to
the barn, found q rope, and when
about ready to commit the deed, his
assistant returned to the bar for @
drink and did not return. Smith then
went to his room, secured q dose of
morphine and placed it in some whis-
key. Before he could drink it the pro-
prietor OF the hotel broke into his
room and took it away. Smith vas
arrested.
Christine Peterson, q single woman
twenty eight years old, committed
suicide at Sioux Falls, by shooting
herself in the head. This was her
fourth attempt at self-destruction.
At Bismarck, Henry G. Baker, in
dicted at the last March term of the
territorial court for the murder oil
Peter Oleson, his brother.in-law, by
strychnine poisoning last December
was acquitted.
In the United States court at Bis
marck, Herman Gunther was tried
for mayhem. He was indicted last
spring for kicking out the eye OF Pri-
gate Edward Kemble at Fort Yates.
Gunther was sergeant of cavalry. The
jury returned q verdict OF guilty.
Prof. Homer L. sprague, OF Boston,
han arrived at Grand Forks and in
ali probability will be elected to the
presidency OF the North Dakota Uni
versity. He Is a prominent author
and educator and enjoys a great rep
utation as a lecturer. He was colon
Ell OF the Seth Ohio through the war
and interests himself greatly in g. Al.
r. matters.
Canton has a social club patterned
after clubs Of larger cities. The char.
ter members are: Delegate Clifford,
Railroad Commissioners Raurtan cal.
Gale, e. J. Fosdick, A. T.. Carter, G.
M. Keby, III. @. Hichborn, G. f. Car.
ter, r. III. Hichborn,eS s. B. Averin. d.
H. Kean, George Franklin, E. S.
O'Neil.
Bismarck special; Gov. Church has
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appointed q new Yankton asylum
board composed Of Messrs. Crosse,
Wooley and Cox of Yankton, Quiqley
Of Parker and Gale OF Canton. The
latter is nov colonel on thegovernors
staff and q banker at Canton. Quia-
ley IS an attorney at Parker. Cox Is
adnerchanr and Groseand Wooley are
also business men and Republicans.